diff --git a/google-errorprone-annotations.changes b/google-errorprone-annotations.changes
index 802ab58..0b78d1f 100644
--- a/google-errorprone-annotations.changes
+++ b/google-errorprone-annotations.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 14:50:29 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- The binaries are compatible with java 1.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 15 05:13:37 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/google-errorprone-annotations.spec b/google-errorprone-annotations.spec
index 3b7883b..9c01fbe 100644
--- a/google-errorprone-annotations.spec
+++ b/google-errorprone-annotations.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 %global source_name error-prone
 %global artifactId error_prone_annotations
 %global group_name google-errorprone
+# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
+# binaries are java 8 compatible
+%define __requires_exclude java-headless
 Name:           %{group_name}-annotations
 Version:        2.26.1
 Release:        0
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 9
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
diff --git a/google-errorprone.spec b/google-errorprone.spec
index 6387603..e3b2041 100644
--- a/google-errorprone.spec
+++ b/google-errorprone.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 URL:            https://errorprone.info
 Source0:        %{source_name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
 BuildRequires:  mvn(biz.aQute.bnd:bnd-maven-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(com.google.auto.service:auto-service)
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ common programming mistakes at compile-time.
 %package annotation
 Summary:        @BugPattern annotation
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 
 %description annotation
 @BugPattern annotation for Google Error Prone
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 %package docgen_processor
 Summary:        @BugPattern annotation processor
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 
 %description docgen_processor
 JSR-269 annotation processor for @BugPattern annotation
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ JSR-269 annotation processor for @BugPattern annotation
 %package type_annotations
 Summary:        error-prone type annotations
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 
 %description type_annotations
 Google Error Prone type annotations